Michael B. Email & Phone Number

Experienced Senior Accounting Manager with a demonstrated history of working in the retail industry. Skilled in Analytical Skills, Communication, Strategy, Training, and Research. Strong accounting professional with a Bachelor of Business Administration - BBA focused in Business Administration and Management, General from Texas State University. Below are some highlights:General Parts Inc./ Advance Auto Parts                                                                       Senior Accounting ManagerSan Antonio, TX and Raleigh, NC Managing the company’s inventory assets for 32 distribution centers. Managed between 7-10 people as an Accounting Manager and Assistant Controller in the accounting department. Found that 3 Distribution Center had a possible theft issue by reviewing reports, in one case the company recovered over $750K in restitutionHave developed and trained 4 people that were promoted to different positions increasing the companies personnel assetsDeveloped several strong relationships with Operations and upper management in a short period of time. They now reach out to me for advice and answers every day.Company that had no automated review system to provide an accurate statement. I created a “Flux” report (GL accounting) to improve accuracy and speed of the financial reviews.Discovered system integration issues (long standing) with price changes in the distribution centers that were creating as much as $3.6M incorrect price changes and inventory variances each time that were being booked into the general ledger.Discovered communication/timing issues between WMS and ADIS (DCMS Overrides) that created inaccurate starting inventory values for book to physical variances.  Challenged “that’s the way we have always done it” mentality to provide reporting to upper management more efficiently and effectively using Pivot Tables. Helped staff to think outside of the box to create better end products for upper management to make business decisions.Enterprise Rent-A-Car Created a reward program for employees that emphasized teamwork using a football helmet and tin foil stars.Created a Matrix with the intent of spurring competition within our Daily Rental department (created a ranking for branches), which developed into a tool used as partial criteria for promotions for management within the Daily Rental department.

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  Texas State University

  Business Administration And Management, General